William Collier Sr.
William Collier Sr. was born on November 12, 1864 in New York City, New York, as William Morenus. He was an actor and writer, known for Wife and Auto Trouble (1916), Harmony at Home (1930) and Up the River (1930). He was married to Paula Marr and Louise Allen. He died on January 13, 1944 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia.

Up the River
as PopDaily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious...
Movie pageThe Murder Man
as 'Pop' GreySteve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town....
Movie pageDisputed Passage
as Dr. William CunninghamA doctor's medical studies are threatened by his infatuation with a Chinese girl. The girl...
Movie pageCain and Mabel
as Pop WaltersA chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
Movie pageBroadway to Hollywood
as Vaudeville Act (archive footage)In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife...
Movie pageAll of Me
as Jerry HelmanA professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend...
Movie pageHot Saturday
as Mr. BrockA pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an...
Movie pageThe Bride Comes Home
as Alfred DesmereauA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine....
Movie pageValiant Is the Word for Carrie
as Ed MoresbyCarrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon,...
Movie pageTelevision Spy
as James LlewellynA scientist invents a television device called the Iconoscope. Foreign agents hear about it and...
Movie pageWife and Auto Trouble
as The Meek Husband (as William Collier)A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications...
Movie pageThe Brat
as Judge O'FlahertyA society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration...
Movie pageHappy Days
as End Man - Minstrel ShowMargie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with...
Movie pagePersons in Hiding
as Burt NastDuring a stick-up, a woman is excited by the criminal and joins him on his crime spree.
Movie pageThe Washington Masquerade
as Peter BabcockAn honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After...
Movie pageAfter Tomorrow
as Willie TaylorIn the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents,...
Movie pageInvitation to Happiness
as Mr. WayneAn egotistical boxer romances a rich backer's daughter.
Movie pageMiracle on Main Street
as Dr. MilesOn Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady...
Movie pageLove on a Bet
as Uncle Carlton MacCreighAn aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that...
Movie pageSay It in French
as HowlandAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are...
Movie pageFatty and the Broadway Stars
as William Collier - Broadway StarFatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty...
Movie pageMadison Square Garden
as Doc WilliamsEddie Burke is a wise-guy pugilist whose talent is unevenly matched by his ego. Despite his...
Movie pageJosette
as David Brassard Sr.Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think...
Movie pageThe Crosby Case
as The Detective--Police Sgt. MelodyFormer lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
Movie pageSix Cylinder Love
as Richard BurtonTroubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them...
Movie pageThanks for the Memory
as Jim PlattSteve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife...
Movie pageThe Hard-Boiled Canary
as Dr. Joseph E. MaddyA young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a...
Movie pageA Successful Failure
as Ellery Cushing aka Uncle DudleyEllery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares...
Movie pageHigh Society Blues
as Horace DivineAfter selling his business in Iowa, Eli Granger and his family move to an exclusive Scarsdale...
Movie pageShe's My Weakness
as David TuttleTommy Mills and Marie Thurber, sweethearts, plan to marry when Tommy sells some land he has...
Movie pageAnnabelle's Affairs
as WickhamAfter only 11 hours of marriage, Annabelle and her husband separate-not knowing what each other...
Movie pageHarmony at Home
as Joe HallerThis comedy story of Joe Haller unwittingly running a sweatshop and Mama Haller keeping the...
Movie pageAnnapolis Farewell
as Rumboat CharlieCommodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and,...
Movie pageCheaters
as K.C. KellyA criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of...
Movie pageGive Us This Night
as PriestAfter being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman...
Movie pageMr. Lemon Of Orange
as Mr. BlakeA fast and uproarious farce of gunmen, gun molls, and the Swedish boy's night out.
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